Front row Adele Hulme, Dennys daughter and Jan McLaren, Bruces sister, and Amanda McLaren, Bruce McLaren's daughter, Howden Ganley who worked with Bruce and Eoin Young who also worked with Bruce and Sid Taylor, who helped Denis Hulme with his racing and was friends with Bruce McLaren.

Back row: Jim Murdoch and Cary Taylor who worked with Bruce and Denny at Team McLaren and Phil Kerr friend of Bruce McLaren and was part of Team McLaren and Phil Sharp, who worked with Denis at McLaren and John Steenson and Michael Clark and Anita Hulme, Denis's sister and Greeta Hulme, Denis's wife and Chris Amon.

identification of members: Howden Ganley

Seen at Hampton Downs...

TNFer John Ellacott captures the interest of Jan McLaren and Adele Hulme with one of his photos....

Susanne Stone & Jan McLaren...

TNFer Pink Snail's stickers even get to New Zealand!

Could say "& my great-grandad's a VC" on the back....

Greeta & Anita Hulme in Denny's first MG....

Howden Ganley's campaign to wind TNFer Layabout up was widespread......

Wally Wilmott & Jay Esterer.....

KIWI! ace Jim Richards...

Howden Ganley sideways on the grass at 160mph in the Gulf GT40.......

MR & Mrs Phil Kerr out for a drive.....

Series stalwart & Airbus Senior Training Captain Dave Abbott trying Poul Christie's M10B for size priot to my alerting Poul that there is only one "Y" in Sidney......

STILL a Kiwi, Jim Richards again.....

Eoin Young greets Sid Taylor on the Sunday shortly before Eoin was taken ill.

Saw some coverage on the TV over the weekend, looked like a very small crowd at the track. How did it compare with the Bruce McLaren event in 2010.

The first of the two weekends appeared to be the better attended, the second coinciding with the Auckland Day holiday weekend & good weather which may have diverted some potential racegoers. I did however notice that on the second weekend, a meeting at the drag strip next door to Hampton Downs had drawn a reasonably good sized crowd.With the exception of the Goodwoods and the Silverstone Classic, the crowd on either weekend would have been excellent for a similar UK historic meeting, such as the Oulton Gold Cup. The main public carparks are outside the circuit and there are none of the ostentatious motorhomes that we have become used to in UK paddocks, so the 'feel' is less crowded.

.....now to plough through the 2000 or more pics I took over the two truly wonderful weekends......

Hi,Not being very well informed on the various designations of early 1930's MG's,could somebody tell me if this is a converted K1 into a K3,or is it a real K3 with a chassis number and which number it might be?

As mentioned above, the photo of Denny's Granddaughter is downright precious!

Denny was one of the first professional drivers that had a real impact on me. First time I saw him was at the 1967 Road America Can-Am, when barely 7, and those M6As were bigger than life to a little kid (and I imagine to adults as well). The only things bigger were He and Bruce, I seem to recall calling him "Hul-mee" and presume my Dad corrected me. All I talked about at school, at least until the '68 race, were those orange elephants and the space travelers aboard them. I'll never forget it as long as I live.

The car is Barry Kirk-Burnnand's McLaren M12. I believe that this car (chassis M12-60-08) is one of the two M12s originally raced in Japan fitted with Toyota V8 engines. Apparently this car later spent 15 years on display in a restaurant in Japan before being 'rescued'.

The car is Barry Kirk-Burnnand's McLaren M12. I believe that this car (chassis M12-60-08) is one of the two M12s originally raced in Japan fitted with Toyota V8 engines. Apparently this car later spent 15 years on display in a restaurant in Japan before being 'rescued'.

Aaaahhh, Thanks Tim. That's one customer version often forgotten for me, the M8A re-make am I right? The modified tail threw me off, or so that's my excuse.

What a beauty, Eric, how true. I could say the same, ten years later (other cars, of course). I used to read my bible - Autosprint - under my desk school and draw race car chassis. [the school took care of itself... ]

Thanks Regga, mine "over here" was Autoweek. I read those cover to cover for well over a decade, funny how much time there is for that when a kid. Too many other interests got in the way since.

It's funny, when I see a M8F or a M20 now, it still never looks outdated. Too classic to be bounded by time.

This Cooper T52 was delivered new, minus engine and gearbox, to motorcycle ace Giacomo Agostini in Italy where it was fitted with a Lancia Appia V4 and a Volkswagen gearbox. The Lancia-engined Cooper proved quite competitive, usually finishing in the Top 10 & is believed to have run in the Monaco Grand Prix supporting Formula Junior race in period.

But is this correct? According to DCN's Cooper Cars chassis FJ/16/60 was originally supplied to Enrico Agostini, and it was he who raced it in the 1961 Monaco FJ race. Here's the Bonhams blurb from when they sold the car in 2012:

Note how similar some of the relevant wording is to that on the display board, except that Bonhams refer to Enrico Agostini, not Giacomo. So, is there any link between Enrico and Giacomo, or has the new owner got a bit confused?

But is this correct? According to DCN's Cooper Cars chassis FJ/16/60 was originally supplied to Enrico Agostini, and it was he who raced it in the 1961 Monaco FJ race. Here's the Bonhams blurb from when they sold the car in 2012:

Note how similar some of the relevant wording is to that on the display board, except that Bonhams refer to Enrico Agostini, not Giacomo. So, is there any link between Enrico and Giacomo, or has the new owner got a bit confused?

Ago would only have been 18 or 19 at the time so I think you're right about the owner getting confused Tim

Pretty amazing Eric, we never had a grid anywhere near that size back in the day in Australia - not all F5000 cars, might have gone close with F Pacifics thrown in. 20 - 21 F5000's were on the grid at Sandown and Surfers in 1977. Alan Jones leading Lawrence, Costanzo, Cooper, Pescarolo in the Goss Matich, etc,etc

Pretty amazing Eric, we never had a grid anywhere near that size back in the day in Australia - not all F5000 cars, might have gone close with F Pacifics thrown in. 20 - 21 F5000's were on the grid at Sandown and Surfers in 1977. Alan Jones leading Lawrence, Costanzo, Cooper, Pescarolo in the Goss Matich, etc,etc

Great shot, and Real Men do standing starts!

Yes Lindsay, and as you know it's easy to think the opposite in retrospect... 30 cars on a track can seem a lot like 45. Knowing there's more now than then has to be really special!

Wish you bums [ ] would bring the show up here. We got beer and everything at Road America.

Thanks Again Tony. I gotta wonder the story behind Jay Esterer's uniform. Looks like an ex-Justin Wilson to me...

Some great pictures from down under courtesy of Tony `Giraffe` Gallagher . Like the caption "The.... familiar....Lola T400 HU8 ......."sponsored by Durex!! Family-ar and Durex in the same sentence, top marks Tony ! One day I would love to get down under and see these guys in action .